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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* | 2. Date of Event Re- | 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
| quiring Statement |
Eckert III Alfred C. | (Month/Day/Year) | Westpoint Stevens, Inc. (NASDAQ: WXS)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) | 10/24/00 | 5. Relationship of Reporting | 6. If Amendment, Date of
| | Person(s) to Issuer | Original
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| 3. I.R.S. Identifica- | X Director __ 10% Owner |---------------------------
| tion Number of | __ Officer (give __ Other (specify | 7. Individual or Joint/
500 Campus Drive, Suite 220 | Reporting Person, | title below) below) | Group Filing
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(Street) | (Voluntary) | | X Form filed by One
| | | Reporting Person
| | | Form filed by More than
Florham Park NJ 07932 | | | One Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) | Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities | 3. Ownership | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 4) | Beneficially Owned | Form: Direct | Ownership
| (Instr. 4) | (D) or Indirect | (Instr. 5)
| | (I) (Instr. 5) |
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Common Stock, par value $.01 per share | (1) | I(1) | (1)
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FORM 3 (Continued)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Date Exercisable and | 3. Title and Amount of | 4. Conver- | 5. Owner- | 6. Nature of
(Instr. 4) | Expiration Date | Securities Underlying | sion or | ship | Indirect
| (Month/Day/Year) | Derivative Security | Exercise | Form of | Beneficial
| | (Instr. 4) | Price of | Derivative | Ownership
| | | Deri- | Security: | (Instr. 5)
| | | vative | Direct |
|-------------------------|--------------------------| Security | (D) or |
| Date | Expira- | Title | Amount or | | Indirect |
| Exer- | tion | | Number of | | (I) |
| cisable | Date | | Shares | | (Instr. 5) |
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No securities owned | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Greenwich Street Capital Partners II, L.P. ("GSCP II") is the direct beneficial owner of 4,073,200 shares of Common Stock.
Alfred C. Eckert III may be deemed to beneficially own such securities indirectly in his capacity as (a) managing member of
Greenwich Street Investments II, L.L.C., which is the general partner of GSCP II, (b) senior limited partner of GSCP (NJ),
L.P., which is the manager of GSCP II and (c) executive officer of GSCP (NJ), Inc., which is the general partner of GSCP (NJ),
L.P. Nothing in this Form 3 shall be construed as an admission that Mr. Eckert is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Securities Act") or otherwise, the beneficial owner of any securities reported on
this Form 3 in which he does not have a pecuniary interest as calculated pursuant to the rules and regulations promulgated
under Section 16 of the Securities Act.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/ Alfred C. Eckert III 11/01/00
Criminal Violations. ---------------------------------------------
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
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